He suggests parents limit or cut off access to computers and
video games to get their sons on the right track.

Some highlights from the book:

-Females currently outperform males at every level, from grade
school to graduate school. Boys are 30 percent more likely than
girls to drop out of high school and college, according to the
National Center of Education Statistics.

-In 2011, young men's SAT scores were the worst they had been in
40 years.

-Even Hollywood has caught on: films like Failure to Launch,
Knocked Up and Jackass mock the ineptitude of this generation.

-Boys account for 70 percent of D's and F's given at school.

-Research shows guys aren't interested in being husbands, fathers
or the head of the household.

-Boys are four to five times more likely than girls to have
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, according to the
National Center for Education Statistics. Two-thirds of students
in special education programs are guys.

-The average boy spends 13 hours a week playing video games. The
average girl spends 5. The average young American will spend
10,000 hours playing video games by age 21. That's twice the time
it takes to earn a bachelor's degree.

-The average high school boy spends two hours watching porn every
week. Men can't escape porn: 13,500 full-length commercial porn
films were released in 2011, compared with 600 Hollywood films.

-Researchers claim that internet pornography is hurting young
boys' ability to form meaningful romantic relationships because
they objectify their partner.

-It's predicted that 60 percent of bachelor's degrees will go to
women by 2016.

-63 percent of men surveyed said they had a lack of motivation
because of mixed messages from the media and society on their
role.

-70 percent of young men surveyed said their generation wouldn't
be as smart or innovative as their peers in other First World
countries.